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submitted 20 hours ago by Junction@lemm.ee to c/startrek@startrek.website

Jeffrey Combs better known as Weyoun, Brunt, Shran and many others - how do you say his surname? As in what you use to detangle your hair? Or more like Cooms?

Apologies for the stupidity of this question, but I’ve only ever seen his name written down.

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submitted 23 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) by jalanhenning@startrek.website to c/startrek@startrek.website

The most popular songs from Subspace Rhapsody, adding together Spotify and YouTube stats:

  1. Status Report
  2. We are One
  3. I'm the X
  4. I'm Ready
  5. How Would That Feel
  6. Keep Us Connected
  7. Private Conversation
  8. Connect To Your Truth
  9. Keeping Secrets
  10. Main Title (Subspace Rhapsody Version)
  11. Subspace End Credit Medley
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I really don't like Lower Decks. Before you downvote, I would never tell anyone it's bad or that they shouldn't like it. I just really can't figure out why most people seem to like it so much.

Similar to what I've heard many fans of LD say, I don't like Discovery or Picard either but I love Strange New Worlds. That seems to be pretty common among the Lower Decks fandom. Yet no matter how many times I try to watch LD I always end up borderline hating it. I don't even like the crossover episode with SNW.

For reference, the things I specifically dislike are: I don't find it funny; I think that the characters are too cynical, hyperactive or doe-eyed; and I'm normally a big proponent of 2D animation but I don't like LD's art style either.

It's cool that they have brought back so many characters, actors and details from the old days, but to me that's not enough to get over the things I don't like. I'm also not one to notice that they faithfully recreated a minor detail from the classic series without it being pointed out to me.

Is it just that my sense of humor and other tastes are too different, despite sharing a lot of other opinions with fans of LD? Or is it the deep Trek references that people love so much but often go over my head? Or is it something else entirely that I'm not getting that makes so many people love this show?

Whatever it is that's lost on me, I'm glad so many people are getting their joy from LD. I just need to convince my coworker to stop recommending it to me. :P

(I also spent over an hour editing this before posting it to make sure it sounds as diplomatic as possible, so hopefully I don't still manage to piss everyone off with my heresy.)

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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/startrek@startrek.website

Here's another one with Romulans from 1995.

https://youtu.be/AbedWqDC_eA?si=StlSYsgzrp1WPXWQ

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Saturn Award nominees! (mastodon.social)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by billmason@mastodon.social to c/startrek@startrek.website

Saturn Award nominees!

Picard and SNW: Best SF TV Series
LD: Best Animated TV Series/Special
Anson Mount, Patrick Stewart: Best Actor in a TV Series
Jonathan Frakes, Ethan Peck, Ed Speleers, Todd Stashwick: Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series
Jess Bush, Celia Rose Gooding, Jeri Ryan: Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series
Paul Wesley, Amanda Plummer: Best Guest Star in a TV Series

https://deadline.com/2023/12/saturn-awards-nominations-list-movies-tv-1235654052/

#StarTrek #StarTrekPicard #StarTrekLowerDecks #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds @startrek

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This episode just dropped yesterday and it sounds like they’re going to go through all of DS9 with Terry and Armin as regular hosts

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‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ And ‘Lower Decks’ Nominated For Best Series Critics Choice Awards

SNW up for Best Drama Series, Celia Rose Gooding for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama, LD up for Best Animated Series

https://trekmovie.com/2023/12/05/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-and-lower-decks-nominated-for-best-series-critics-choice-awards/

#StarTrek #StarTrekLowerDecks #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds @startrek

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submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by bi_tux@lemmy.world to c/startrek@startrek.website

EDIT: as someone in the comments realised, it's not california but miranda class

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I didn't recognise it at first tbh. As always I could give you the instruction as pdf if you didn't manage to get one of the advent calendars

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The chairs of Trek (www.ex-astris-scientia.org)

I’ve recently been looking through this unbelievably detailed list/history of the chairs appearing in all the different Trek series/movies. Thought you all might enjoy!

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It should also be found at the official site, but the actual clip doesn't seem to be working right now.

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Yes, I will litteraly post this every day now. Also I could scan the instructions with my printer if anyone want's to build them to

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Created by @Savings-Block-1729.

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by aredditimmigrant@endlesstalk.org to c/startrek@startrek.website

Whenever there's a storyline with quark, they talk about money/latinum.

I remember in one of the next gen episodes that there was discussion about money and Picard said something about how they've moved away from money.

So do Starfleet get paid now?

Update: thank you for the quick responses. From what I'm gathering the tldr is that the following is the answer

  • Ferengi love for money/not being a post scarcity society by design
  • Bajorans being so near their slavery times and not post scarcity yet
  • Quark creating an atmosphere of camaraderie/gambling/upgraded replicators/actual food

All this requires some form of currency.

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Of course the real-world reason is that it's cheaper to shake the camera and set off a firecracker than to build a scale model just to paint a burn scar on the side.

But my thoughts were always that the in-universe reason had to do with the modular nature of federation starships.

In almost every episode, someone on a starship either suggests rerouting something, shunting power from one thing through another, bypassing something, compensating for one power source with another etc.

It seems that in space, being able to re-configure everything at a moment's notice is important, and to be able to do that, you need easy, fast and direct, access to everything, therefore it needs to be immediately accessible, ergo high voltage power directly behind the controls.

The lack of seatbelts goes right along with it. If a console blows up in someone's face, the next guy over needs to be able to quickly move down and take over. Don't need to have to be fighting with seatbelts when nobody is steering the ship.

I don't know why they don't have safety glasses however....

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Super cool to get a feel for just how massive even the pre-refit Constitution class is.

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